Automate Sports Event and Score Tracking with TheOddsAPI and Airtable
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This n8n workflow automates the daily retrieval of sports event data and their corresponding scores using TheOddsAPI, storing and updating all information in Airtable. Schedule triggers ensure your database is always current, first capturing upcoming events and then updating them with results at the end of the day.
About This Workflow
Never miss a beat in the world of sports with this powerful n8n workflow. Designed for sports enthusiasts, bettors, or data hobbyists, it seamlessly connects TheOddsAPI with your Airtable database. The workflow operates in two distinct phases daily: an early morning trigger fetches all upcoming events for your chosen sport (initially configured for NHL Ice Hockey), populating your Airtable base with crucial details like teams, IDs, and start times. Later in the day, a second trigger retrieves event scores and results, intelligently merging this data to update your existing Airtable records. This ensures you maintain a comprehensive, up-to-date repository of sports data without manual effort, ready for analysis or tracking.
Key Features
- Scheduled Data Retrieval: Automatically pull upcoming event data at the start of the day and scores/results at the end, adjustable to your preferred times.
- TheOddsAPI Integration: Effortlessly connect to TheOddsAPI to fetch rich sports data, including events, teams, IDs, and later, scores.
- Airtable Database Management: Create new records for upcoming events and dynamically update them with results, centralizing your sports data.
- Customizable Sport & Data: Easily modify the workflow to track different sports (e.g., NBA, NFL) or extend data retrieval to include betting odds and various sportsbooks.
- No-Code Automation: Set up and run this complex data pipeline without writing a single line of code, thanks to n8n's intuitive interface.
How To Use
- Configure TheOddsAPI Credentials:
- Obtain an API key from TheOddsAPI.
- Update the 'Retrieve Data Of Upcoming Sport Events For The Day' and the inferred 'Retrieve Scores of Events' (evening) HTTP Request nodes with your
apiKey.
- Set Up Airtable Base & Table:
- Create a new Airtable base and a table within it to store your sports data.
- Ensure your table has columns like
id,away_team,home_team,sports_key,sport_title,commence_time,completed, andscores(or similar as per your needs). - In the 'Create Records Of Upcoming Events For The Day' and 'Update Records With Scores' (evening) Airtable nodes, select your
BaseandTableIDs.
- Adjust Schedule Triggers:
- Modify the 'Morning Trigger To Pull Data At 7:00am' and 'Evening Trigger To Pull Data At 11:00pm' nodes to your desired daily execution times.
- Customize Sport & Data:
- Edit the URL in the HTTP Request nodes (
Retrieve Data Of Upcoming Sport Events For The Dayand the evening scores node) to change thesports_key(e.g.,icehockey_nhltobasketball_nba) or add parameters for odds/sportsbooks as documented by TheOddsAPI.
- Edit the URL in the HTTP Request nodes (
- Map Airtable Fields:
- Verify and adjust the column mappings in both Airtable nodes to ensure data is correctly written to and updated in your Airtable table.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
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"name": "Automate Sports Event and Score Tracking with TheOddsAPI and Airtable",
"nodes": 16,
"category": "Personal",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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